The Confident and Healthy Girl campaign was introduced by Kkuza Children’s Foundation as a response to the problem of lack of sanitary towels for young girls during their menstruation periods. With the help of the organization’s community mobilizer Mr. Nsereko and the Head teacher Mr. Sangala Mahad of Trinity Nursery and primary school, during needs assessment that was carried out about girl child education in Butambala, it was found out that many young girls in the villages of Lugali, Lwamasaka, Tufube and Kasozibabenga do not have what to use during their menstruation periods due to the financial inaccessibility of these materials which has led to many girls missing school due to fear of embarrassment from other students and boys, resulting into poor academic performance and hence dropping out of school. This later prompted the Kkuza Children’s Foundation to intervene by educating these girls about menstruation and its management and other important issues concerning girl child empowerment. A lot had to be done about this and therefore Kkuza Children’s Foundation provided sanitary pads (reusable and disposable) pads to the girls.
- The confident and healthy girl campaign took place in Butambala district on Sunday 11th of April, 2021 at Trinity Nursery and primary school Lugali village in Butambala district.
General Objective
To create awareness among girls to live a confident and health life through teaching them the menstrual health management with emphasis on the usage of reusable pads.
Specific objectives
- To empower the young girls to set and reach their goals through overcoming challenges they go through in school especially those related to gender imbalances
- To provide the young girls with sanitary towels that would help them during their menstrual periods while at school and home
- To educate and create awareness about the menstrual cycle and its management during menstruation.
TARGET POPULATION
The confident and healthy girl campaign targeted a population of girls from the age of 10 and above estimated to be in primary four and above with teachers and parents. The campaign was targeting girls from Lugali, Tufube, Lwamasaka and Kasozibabenga villages.
| Population | Expected number | Actual number |
| Children | 400 | 310 |
| Teachers and parents | 150 | 100 |
| Trainers (KCF Team) | 09 | 08 |
ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT
- Educating the girls about menstruation and other important issues.
- Preparation for adolescence
- Menstrual health and management
- Containing peer pressure
- Girls empowerment and cultural norms
- Self-awareness, coping with stress and emotions
- Distributing of sanitary towels to the girls
- Distributing of clothes to all people that attended the campaign
OUTCOMES
The campaign yielded the following out comes
- The girls were educated about different health issues including menstruation and management, peer pressure, adolescence, girl empowerment, self-awareness, coping with stress and emotions.
- Three hundred and fifty (350) packages of sanitary towels were distributed to about 350 girls that attended the confident and healthy girls.
- Many girls and other community members were able to receive clothes that were distributed by the Kkuza team
